Barrie Thorne

Barrie Thorne
Born	1942 Utah, US
Occupation	Professor
Website	http://womensstudies.berkeley.edu/about/department-faculty/barrie-thorne/

Barrie Thorne (born 1942) is a professor of sociology and of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

Her work focuses on the sociology of gender, feminist theory, the sociology of age relations, childhood, and families, and ethnographic methods. She is perhaps best known as author of the widely read book Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School which has been cited in over 170 books and over 500 publications.

Selected publications

Thorne has written and edited a number of books, chapters, and journal articles.

• Barrie Thorne, “The Chinese Girls and the ‘Pokémon Kids’: Children Constructing Difference in Urban California.” Forthcoming in Jennifer Cole and Deborah Durham, eds., Figuring the Future: Children, Youth, and Globalization. Santa Fe, NM.
• Barrie Thorne, “How Can Feminist Sociology Sustain its Critical Edge?” Social Problems (2006), 53: 473-478.
• Barrie Thorne, “Lunchtime at Sunnydale Elementary School: What Do First-grader’s Need?” In Heather B. Weiss, Holly Kreider, M. Elena Lopez, and Celina M. Chapman, eds., Preparing Educators to Involve Families: From Theory to Practice. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publishing, 2005, pp. 57–65.
• Catherine R. Cooper, Cynthia García Coll, Barrie Thorne, and Marjorie Faulstich Orellana, “Beyond Demographic Categories: How Immigration, Ethnicity, and ‘Race’ Matter for Children at School." In Catherine R. Cooper, Cynthia García Coll, Todd Bartko, Helen Davis, and Célina Chapman, editors, Developmental Pathways Through Middle Childhood: Rethinking Contexts and Diversity as Resources. Hillsdale, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2005, pp. 181–206.
• Feminist Sociology: Life Histories of a Movement, edited by Barbara Laslett and Barrie Thorne. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1997.
• Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School by Barrie Thorne. New Brunswick, NJ.: Rutgers University Press, and Buckingham, England: Open University Press, 1993.
• Language, Gender and Society, edited by Barrie Thorne, Cheris Kramarae, and Nancy Henley. Rowley, Mass.: Newbury House, 1983.
• Rethinking the Family: Some Feminist Questions, edited by Barrie Thorne, with Marilyn Yalom. New York: Longman, 1982.
• Language and Sex: Difference and Dominance, edited by Barrie Thorne and Nancy Henley. Rowley, Mass.: Newbury House, 1975.

References

• Chira, Susan. “Educators Ask if All-Girl Schools Would Make a Difference in Inner Cities”, The New York Times, October 23, 1991.
• Manegold, Catherine S. “Women Get Into Political Football – as the Ball”, The New York Times, August 23, 1992.
• Morin, Richard. “New facts and hot states from the social sciences”, The Washington Post, June 26, 1994.
• Safire, William. “On Language, He-Said, She-Said” The New York Times, April 12, 1985.
• Suro, Roberto. “For Women, Varied Reasons for Single Motherhood”, The New York Times, May 26, 1992.
• Wright, Lili. “Playground has Serious Side: Defines Later Gender Roles”, Salt Lake Tribune, March 5, 1995.
• Yalom, Marilyn. “Like a Horse and Carriage”, The Washington Post, Dec 20, 1992.
• “Staying Single”, Daily News of Los Angeles, August 12, 1993.

External links

• Barrie Thorne’s home page